War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 2017. War memorial.

War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, 60 Rylston Road, London, SW6 7HW
OS grid reference
TQ 246 773
Coordinates
51.48147, -0.20659
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a significant structure that commemorates those who lost their lives in the Great War from 1914 to 1919. It is set on a two-stepped concrete base, which was formerly enclosed by a railing. Atop the base stands a plain 4-foot stone cross mounted on a 3-foot plinth. The plinth projects forward to the east and is flanked by a wall featuring three stone panels of the same height. The central panel, facing east, bears the following inscription:

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR GALLANT KINSFOLK WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 LORD ALL PITYING, JESU BLEST, GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST

Originally, ninety names were inscribed on the other panels, but nearly all of these have become illegible over time.

Local climate

War Memorial at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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